Blog World and New Media Expo 2008 Recap
Monday, September 22, 2008by Geoff Young
We drove to Vegas on Thursday afternoon. Neko Case, Silverchair, Interpol, and Thievery Corporation accompanied us on our journey. Not literally, of course; our car isn't that big.
On Friday we rode the monorail all over the Strip, gawking at the utter freakishness that is Sin City. This place always makes me feel lonely, although it's more bearable now than when I was younger and had difficulty coping with loneliness.
That evening we saw Tony Bennett perform at the Hilton, where we were staying. The man is 82 years old, but as a performer he's still at the top of his game. His band swung like nobody's business (drummer Harold Jones played with Count Basie in the late '60s), and Bennett's voice remains remarkably crisp ...
